I called Erik on my way to work, furious, because those urine spots were dry so HE MUST have seen them and just left for work anyway. Erik denied that he saw anything, and the conversation was going no where, so that was that, and the tone was set for the day if you know what I mean.
After work, I went straight to PetsSmart and spend half of our much needed grocery money on pet carpet cleaner/odor eliminator, a new dog bed, and a bag of dog food (since she was totally out, but don't get me started on that either.) When I got home, Erik was cleaning the dog's room with the shop vac. I questioned him again about ignoring the spots this morning, but he still denied it, and denied it. The argument really escalated from everything that has been building up with the dog, and I angered myself to tears. So I put myself in "a time out" in our room and Erik left me alone until we talked about the dog's fate a couple hours later.
Remi's List Of Naughty Things (and to be added to...):
1. She now urinates in the house. The past 2-3 weeks we've had to throw out the rug by the back door, and her dog bed(s), and now clean the carpet.
2. When we used to try to use a gentle leader on her for walks, she would rub her face on the ground until her muzzle would bleed, then eventually she chewed up her gentle leader, so that was that.
3. She chewed up the sandals I got in Mexico, so I couldn't exactly go re-buy them.
4. She chewed a pair of Erik's really nice Born Sandals, and he wasn't too happy about that.
5. The worst thing she chewed was the footboard on our new bedset, and that was $70 to replace.
6. She chewed a computer wire/plug in of Erik's that was expensive.
7. She will SHREAD all dog toys (even your dog's toys!), the only kind we can buy her cost about $20.
8. The bones we buy to entertain her when we're gone during the day, she'll chew up and then reguritate later. That's always fun to clean up.
9. But if she's not entertained during the day, she over-grooms herself so her rear end and back legs are now balding.
10. Another serious thing that happened was last Thanksgiving day. We came home to find she had consumed an entire 30ct bottle of Erik's blood pressure medication. I induced her vomiting at home, and luckily she was ok.
11. We own three baby gates - because she used to be left out all day downstairs, until she started chewing up our kitchen area rugs, that cost us about $150, we had to replace the rugs 3 or 4 times.
12. Baby gates are also used in front of the office room door, because she eats the cat's food, drinks all their water, and gets into their litter box (enough said.) I've tried a certain medication for that to.
13. Another thing that started after this past winter: she has broke through multiple collars out on her tie-out outside. Then she runs away, and it always takes about 45 minutes to find her again. We have even been late to work because of this.
14. It's not her fault, but she has a disorder called Seasonal Flank Alopecia where she will lose hair and then regrow hair on her sides for the rest of her life, there's no cure, it's just cosmetic.
15. She's also part Pit Bull, so her reputation will always be against her.
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| Thanksgiving Day |
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| A shredded ball |
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| No more Gentle Leader |
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| My sandals I got in Mexico!! |
We argue about Remi a lot, and it's getting to the end of the rope. I do have a major concern with what people will think though, especially when I'm in the Veterinary field. "Way to adopt a younger dog, only to get rid of her a year later." For now tonight, the steam has blown off, and we've decided to give her a 16th chance, and I'm going to take her in for a Urinalysis and Bloodwork to see if there is something else going on.
Methinks the doggie should go. And no, thank you, I don't need one. I've already been down that road once. Not again (no offense Dolly).
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